Shootings outside Panorama City 7-Eleven leave 2 dead, 1 injured

Los Angeles police are on scene early Thursday at the corner of Roscoe and Sepulveda boulevards where Panorama City and Van Nuys meet, and where two men were killed and another wounded before 6 a.m. in a shooting outside this 7-Eleven.
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Police were searching for two male suspects Thursday, including one who may be trying to flee to Mexico, after a shooting outside a Panorama City 7-Eleven store left two men dead and another wounded, officials said.

One of the suspects was identified as Angel Santana, 29, who is about 5-foot-7 and weighs 150 pounds. He is missing his left eye and has tattoos over his left eyebrow, right jaw and right side of his neck, officials said in a statement, noting that Santana should be considered “armed and dangerous.”

“Santana is a known gang member and with his appearance, it won’t be easy for him to hide,” said Capt. Todd Chamberlain, commanding officer of LAPD’s Mission Police Station. “We’ve already alerted CHP and the U.S. Border Patrol to be on the lookout for Santana en route to or trying to cross the border.”

A radio call went out at 5:55 a.m. Thursday of an assault with a deadly weapon and shots fired outside the 7-Eleven store at 8243 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, said Sgt. S. Carlsen, a watch commander with LAPD’s Mission Station.

The suspects “approached the victims. Some type of verbal altercation ensued. They pulled out their guns and shot them,” she said. “They said ‘this is Langdon area,’ ” a reference to the Langdon Street gang, which is predominantly Latino, she said.

Two victims, who have not been identified, were pronounced dead at the scene and the third, a man in his 50s, was taken to a hospital with a gunshot to the leg, she said. All of the victims were African American, she said.

The suspects, both Hispanic, were last seen fleeing westbound on Roscoe from the store, she said.